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TIL there's a radiation-eating fungus growing in the abandoned vats of Chernobyl

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Z8r6Y TIL that in the ancient Greek city of Sybaris, the first version of a patent law gave a cook that created a new and unique dish for a year the exclusive rights to it
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XKrE TIL that before the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, prostitutes enrolled in free English classes to improve their hosting skills and ability to make more money off their customers
neQdW TIL that in two of the 145 instances of homicide recorded in the London eyre court rolls of 1278, two of these resulted over quarrels breaking out after a game of chess.
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